I am developing an application which depends on libpcap and want to know how to write the gnu makefile such that i can check for installation of libpcap on a machine before proceeding with the installation of my application.
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I am developing an application which depends on libpcap and want to know how to write the gnu makefile such that i can check for installation of libpcap on a machine before proceeding with the installation of my application.
If libpcap supports it, you might try using pkg-config. (I know that libpcap++ supports it, but not sure about libpcap). That said, if you don’t already have an established build system, then I suggest you try using CMake which makes this kind of thing and all other aspects of creating a C++ project significantly simpler. For an example or getting started quickly using CMake, see the C++ Project Template.